Ecclesiastes 8:11

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Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

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9 All this I have seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.

10 So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.

11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

12 Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.

13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow, because he doesn’t fear God.

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Ecclesiastes 8:11 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
KJV King James Version: Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
ASV American Standard Version: Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: Because sentence hath not been done [on] an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.
DBY Darby Translation: Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to do evil.
WBS Webster Bible: Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.